Hedge-pruner.



E. PEARL.

HEDGB PRUNER. ArPLIoATIoN FILED Nov. 25, 1911.

Pitemged May 7,1912. l

Leanser.,

EUGENE PEARL, or Passaic, NEW JERSEY.

- HEDGE-PEUNEE.

To'all 'whom t may concern: 1 5

Be it known that l, EUGENE PEARL, a citizen of the United States of America, resid-` ing at ltassaic, in the countyof Passaic and Stato of New Jersey, have invented new and useful improvements in Hedge-Pruners, of

which the following is a specification`.

My invention'relates to improvements 1n hedge trimmers or pruners, and has particular reference to a power-operated. pruner.. f ln pruning hedges, it 'has been the' 4common practice heretofore-to uselshea'rs of various kinds, designed to be operatedeither by one or both hands.A Owing to the limited cutting .i sulting in 'most instances, is unsatis fac'tfiijy.y

it isV the object ofthe present invention to action of shears, progressie necessarily slow, the work is extremely fatlgumg and the reovercome these and manyotherfwell Aknown objections,by substituting-"for the oldtypegv of hand-operated shears,v apower driven cutter of a forni requiring only to be guided,

to reduce the 'wildesthedge 'growthfto perfeet conditionand givel it any 'shape'jdesred- The accompanying drawingsl W1ll `serve to'.

illustrate a device suitable foncarrying my invention into edect. liiwislfitunderstood however, that lt do notllimit myself tothe exact form or arrangementbf parte'v Shown,

as 'various changes maybe-made within 'the Ameaning of the present invention'.

ln the drawings: lFigure `l iste, view in perspective showing the hedge `trimmer in use. Fig. 2 is a pla-n View of thecutf-ter, Fig. 3 is an edgeview thereof, Figbdsho'ws a modified form .of thectter 'blades-fand rig, 5 illustrates a rurthe'ejmdifcauqn of Referring nowlto the rawings, .the hedge trimmer shown consists of ac'u'tter'l, a iexible shaft\2, connectedto 'drive thecutter and itself driven by either asmall gasolene or electric motor or hand-operated' motor f3,

which for convenience in movingabout, is mounted on a wheeled Stande., f rihe cutter comprlse's a xed bar' or'blade 45, and a coperating movable 'baror bladeti. llhe bar 5 is secured to or formed iii-part, with the body or frame 7 of .the cutter, which body or frame terminatesetits inner. vend in two handles 8, suitably spaced apeurt to afford a single or double hand grip in supporting and guiding the cutter.

Projecting from the sides of the bar 5, there are a series of oppositely disposed teeth19, which are beveledto provide double cutting edges Speoication of Letters Patent. Application 'filed November 2 5, 1911. `Serial. No.. 662,294.

I Patented May 1912.

10 andhave hook-like projections 11 at their outer ends. 4 Theycutting edges 10 of' the teeth may be straight, inclined or curved, orv lformed as shown in Figs. 4 and 5; The cooperating movable vbar'or blade ,6, is also provided with oppositely disposed teeth 1 2,A

preferably tapering, and beveled to form double cutting edges 13.

The blade 6 issecured in position by screws lli passing through slots 15 and thus I arranged, thefblade yis free to move back and fbrth as required to cause` its cutting edges to' coperate with theteeth-of the `.bar or' blade 5. V`B-y forming the-slots at more or less of anangl'eqo'r giving them slight curvature as.. in Fig. 4, the effect of a draw-cut ,will result, as will be ap-.

parent. Motion i'sftransmitted. to the blade t5 toreciprocate the same by-means of gearingnow to be described. Mounted'on the body or'frame of' thecutter and free to rotate, there is a'shaft 16,s'uitably shaped at ,its projecting end, for 'connectionf'with the iie'xible shaft Qand carrying at-'it opposite end, a.y lbevel gear 17, which meshes with asimilar bevel gear "18, fast on a short'shaft 19. A' weighted disk 20,'mounted on the cured at orare end thereto and having its opposite end pivotally connectedctothe movable blade 6, as shown.

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shaft `19, serves as a flyewheel and also as ya crank-disk, a'conne'cting rod 2l being se- #In use, the motor, if of ,thel hand type, is

operated by one person turning the crank` andthe power developed, is transmitted through the flexible shaft -to the shaft of the cutter, which latter, in the hand, or

hands of another person is guided and directed at will. -`'llhe rotation of the cutter shaft, gives motion through the intermeshving -bevel gears, crank-disk andV connectingrod, `t'o the movable blade of `the,cutter, .causing it to reciprocate rapidly, its double 4edged .cutting teeth co-'actingfvvith similar teeth on the stationary bar or blade 5, as v'above described, to sever all branches, leaves and the like caught in the spaces between the cutting teeth. i

My invention diders from all others, with which li am familiar, in convenience-and ease'v of operation, accomplishing with little .or no fatigue, tentimes the work done with pruners now in general use. ri`here is no lost motion, the pruner is simply moved up l and down the sides, and, across the hedge top, left uor right in any "direction, shifting the prurier -from one hand to the other, as

desired, to' facilitate guiding of the double cutting edges against `the growth being trimmed.

By using extension handles very wide hedges are pruned across the top without temporary platforms, which are necessary when the usual hedge shears are employed.

lin` operating thel various other devices,

shears, etc. they must always be pushed forward only, to be effective, this isv 'often very difficult "and tiresome, 'especially so when 'a hedge ,istall or broadl on top, also when plants` of various forms Vare being pruned. 4With my device the cutting blades are readily moved across the growing'plants in any direction,` trimming same to any form. desired. v

Having, therefore, described. my invention, I claim:

1. A hedge-trimming tool comprising a frame provided at one end along opposite 'sides with laterally extending projections tionj'of its length,-and a driving connection in the crotch of thebifurcated end of the l'mef v i 2. A hedge trimming tool comprising an approximately V-shaped frame having one end formed as a double-edged finger-bar and the opposite forked end thereof provided with handles, a double-edged cutterblade mounted on the frame and copere ating With the linger-bar and having curved guide slots thereincoacting with fixed studs on theframe, and gearing carried by the frame for imparting reciprocating motion to the cutter blade.

3. A hedge trimming tool comprising a frame shaped at one end as a double-edged finger bar and terminating at the opposite end in a V-shaped extension having handles tted thereon, a double-edged cutter-blade mounted on the frame and coperating with the linger-bar, a driving shaft mounted on and extending lengthwise/of the frame, one end of the shaftpro'jecting into the crotch of the said V-shaped extension, a gear carried by the driving shaft, a fly-wheellmount ed to rotate in substantially the plane of the cutter-blade, the said fly-wheel carrying a gear meshing with the gear on the driving shaft, and a connectingrod through which motion isvtransmitted from the iiy Wheel to reciprocate the cutter-bar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

- EUGENE PEARL.

lVitnesses:

GEORGE KRAEMER, ROBERT HAGELSTEIN. 

